73 myths · Page 3 of 3
God cradles Israel like a bird in an open palm at the sea, then the song crowns Him king while Egypt lies dead on the shore.
Five elders sit to fix the months, and God contracts His Presence to join them while angels ask if this is fitting.
Scripture gives David forty years of rule, then six extra months. The sages said the missing half year was flight, grief, and a crown hanging in the air.
From twilight to the next evening David struck Amalek while God lit his lamp, after Israel was charged to blot that enemy out.
King Ptolemy seals each sage in a room to force a Greek Torah, and God places the same careful changes in every mind at once.
A king may keep two horses and eighteen wives, the Targum warns, because excess cavalry and desire open the road back to Egypt.
Judah told Jacob the Egyptian face was locked, then pledged guilt for all days. In the court he offered his body so Rachel's last son could walk free.
At night Jobab hears a voice name the idol a lie, then rises as king to smash it while the Accuser sharpens his case.
Samuel came to Bethlehem to crown a king and recoiled twice, once at a giant's frame and once at a shepherd boy whose red skin looked like Esau's.
A modest giant searching for lost donkeys is stalled by maidens drunk on his beauty, then dies for five sins as Israel's daughters weep in crimson.
A childless man bargains at the graves for a son who understands birds, and what the birds foretell drives the father to the river.
Samuel flushed red at the shepherd boy, sure he saw another Esau, while the house sneered at the son of Jesse who called himself a mere stain.
Two men shared one road, one leading and one led. Then they ate the herbs of the field, and each was handed the other man's walk.
